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Blame Canada. Because the UFC 113 fight card for Montreal continues to be stacked to the gills with a bevy of great match-ups, the Rashad Evans vs. Quinton Jackson grudge match will likely be moved to UFC 114 on May 29 in Las Vegas. That's according to a text message from Dana White to Dave Meltzer.

Get ready folks. The "Kimbo Show" is making its way to pay-per-view.
A heavyweight matchup between "The Ultimate Fighter 10" cast members Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Matt Mitrione (1-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is currently in the works for the main card of the as-yet-unannounced UFC 113 event in Montreal.

It's hard to deny that Melvin Guillard has been blessed with some tremendous talents, including his dynamite hands and solid wrestling, and although his so-called "anti-jiu jitsu" has been streadily improving, his mid-fight mental lapses and poor gameplans have cost him many a fight. It is therefore fitting that he would seek help from the Yoda of gameplans: Greg Jackson.

This isn't a guy you can take lightly. This is a guy that really knows what he's doing. He almost beat Matt Hughes. He's been in great wars before. He's a former champion. He knocked out GSP, or (rather) TKO'd GSP. He's a guy that's very tough. He's got some great techniques. He's got some great guillotines. He's got great balance when trying to take him down. It's tough to take him down. He's obviously got a great overhand right. He's very, very good. But I have to agree with you guys.

Many people in the MMA world know Marco Alvan for being the lead trainer for UFC heavyweight contender Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga, but the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and Team Link founder is also an accomplished grappler himself. Alvan is set to display his ground skill when he faces UFC middleweight Jorge Rivera in a special grappling match coming up at the New England Grappling Championships in Rhode Island.

After spending all of 2009 making a strong case for himself as the UFC's top middleweight contender, Nate Marquardt finds himself facing Chael Sonnen at UFC 109 while Vitor Belfort leapfrogs him for the title shot against Anderson Silva. In this exclusive interview Marquardt opens up about his dealings with the UFC, his thoughts on fighting Sonnen, and the bout with Dan Henderson that never materialized.

The exchanging between MMA teams is normal in USA. Preparing to his next fight on UFC 109, against Mike Swick, the light middleweight Paulo Thiago talked to TATAME about the train marathon that he’s been doing in the Wonderful City. In Brasília, the Bope policeman catch the plain to Rio de Janeiro and trained on the teams Xtriker, of Anderson Silva, and Nova União.

Fabrício Werdum revealed to TATAME.com that the rumored fight against Fedor Emelianenko will probably take place in April 16th. “The fight against Fedor is 99% confirmed to April 16th. I have three months to train to the most important fight of my life”, Werdum said, confident in a victory.

In the latest chapter of "As The (Brock Lesnar) World Turns", a UFC official confirmed today that Lesnar will appear on ESPN Wednesday to update his health status. His appearance is scheduled for 11 AM ET on ESPN "SportsCenter".

Rick Story will likely be putting together another few stories in UFC before he's done, as he has signed a new 4-fight deal with UFC. He went through his old deal in just 1 year-he signed as a backup plan in case Karo Parisyan couldn't make his UFC 94 fight with Dong Hyun Kim-and went 2-1 in that time, winning his last 2 fights. No timetable set for his next fight.

Most of us will never fully understand the amount of destruction this past week's earthquake delivered to the impoverished nation of Haiti.
WEC featherweight Mackens Semerzier is not one of those people.
Born in Florida to Haitian parents and married to a Haitian wife, Semerzier waited days to learn the fate of many of his family members who remained in the Caribbean nation. While his family survived the disaster, Semerzier knows there are many others still in need. Now he's turning to the MMA community for assistance.

Josh Koscheck (14-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) will, in fact, meet fellow welterweight contender Paul Daley (23-8-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at UFC 113, and the bout will serve as the night's co-main event.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported the Montreal fight over the weekend, and Koscheck has since confirmed the matchup via Twitter.
And although headliner and UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida, who meets Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in a rematch at UFC 113, recently stated the event date could change, UFC officials are still planning for a May 1 show.

After winning the first season of "The Ultimate Fighter" as a middleweight, emerging as a top contender at welterweight, dropping to lightweight and losing a title shot to champion B.J. Penn in December, Diego Sanchez is apparently ready for a change.
On Monday the fighter said he plans to return to the welterweight division.
In a series of Twitter messages, "Nightmare" welcomed fights with everyone from Josh Koscheck to Jon Fitch to fellow weight-class jumper Nate Diaz.
But as MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported on Monday, Diaz instead is expected to make the jump from lightweight to welterweight to fight Rory Markham at UFC 111 in New Jersey.
Still, Sanchez (21-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who went 7-2 in the UFC's welterweight division and 2-1 as a lightweight, stated, "Any top guy will do."
While ratting off opponents' names, Sanchez also stated Carlos Condit, Martin Kampmann and Mike Swick would be "great fights," as well.
"I'm loving my new diet," said Sanchez, citing a reason for the move back to 170 pounds

Houston Alexander, the ex-UFC fighter who a few years ago looked like one of the sport's most promising light heavyweights, suffered a second-round TKO loss to a little-known opponent named Joey Beltran on Saturday night.
It was Alexander's fifth loss in his last six fights, and he only went the distance against one of those five opponents, Kimbo Slice.

After recently announcing Miguel Torres (37-2 MMA, 5-1 WEC) and Jens Pulver (22-12 MMA, 1-4 WEC) will return at WEC 47 in March, World Extreme Cagefighting officials today confirmed their respective opponents: Joseph Benavidez (11-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Javier Vazquez (13-4 MMA, 0-2 WEC).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported both of the matchups last month.
WEC 47 takes place March 6 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, with a Versus-televised headliner of WEC bantamweight champ Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz.
The event marks the WEC's debut in Ohio, which regulates more MMA shows per year than other state in the U.S.